Launch of Open Government Data review of Poland in Warsaw. http://www.oecd.org/gov/open-government-data-review-of-poland.htm

1. OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA
REVIEW OF POLAND
Unlocking the value of
government data
Luiz de Mello
Deputy Director
Directorate for Public Governance and
Territorial Development
OECD
26 May 2015, Warsaw

2. Poland’s open government data strategy is the result of
1. Political ambitions
– Ministry of Administration and Digitisation
– National Efficient State Strategy includes OGD
2. EU policy developments
– Late implementation of EU PSI Directive
– Revision of EU PSI Directive
– Structural EU funds (Digital Poland Operational Programme)
3. Polish civil society and municipalities dynamics
– Polish Open Government Coalition and others
– Poznan, Warsaw, Gdansk and others
Recognisable efforts made so far…

3. • Beta version open government data portal (CRIP) launched
in 2014 with some datasets available for download.
• Little stimulation of re-use leads to a low ranking in OECD
OURdata index (open, useful, re-usable government data)
…need to be taken to a next level now
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NonationalOGDportal

4. Only few years ago today’s OECD leaders in OGD were
at the same stage as Poland. What are they doing?
• Stimulate development of an OGD eco-system.
• Continuously work to show ministries and
agencies that their government data can and will
generate value if opened.
• Improve the coordination mechanisms to identify
good practices and share them.
What is Poland missing to create more
value from open government data?

5. • Ranked 2nd in OECD OUR Government Data Index
• Strong mandate and governance
• Paralleled with strong community engagement
Learning from leaders: France
Governance Community engagement
• “Etalab” – open government data unit
created by Prime Minister’s decree in
2011. Today over 20 people.
• First Director – former Internet
entrepreneur. Second Director too.
• In 2012 – Etalab transferred to Prime
Minister’s State Modernisation
Secretariat
• Since 2015: Etalab Director is also
Government Chief Data Officer
• “DataConnexions” – series of
partnerships, awards, contests and
events since 2012
• Inclusive, not exclusive – awards
attributed in five categories:
administration, business, civic use,
general interest and journalism
• Using champions to illustrate the
value and open the eyes and minds of
the administration step by step

6. France open government data portal:
Not a repository, a platform

7. 1. Engaging communities: towards an eco-
system and an open government data culture
2. Creating the ambition: from compliance
towards common vision & ownership
3. Creating a narrative: towards proactive
release across government
Three major sets of recommendations to Poland

8. • Intermediate actors can best articulate the needs for data
• Companies can help identify commercial re-use value
• But cooperation and collaboration with non-government actors in
Poland remains limited:
1. Engaging communities: the challenge
Source: OECD survey of Polish central government institutions (2014)
Share of central
government institutions
that have consulted with
specific user groups on
the data they would like
to access

9. • National open government data portal (CRIP): from being a data
repository towards becoming a platform for engagement, collaboration
and data re-use.
• Establish guidelines on data formats, data quality and meta-data – and
facilitate their adaptation through hands-on manuals.
• Clarify licensing and re-use conditions to give all actors long-term
planning horizon.
• Actively explore and manage communities of re-users, e.g. similar to
French “DataConnexions”.
• Establish a panel of businesses that us public sector information, or might
do so in the future, to recognise and illustrate economic potential.
• Leverage local government experiences in Poland – make sure they are
part of the community.
• Raise awareness and build capacities within the administration and
across the society.
Engaging communities: recommendations to Poland

10. • Government aims:
promote re-use for
citizen participation,
better services,
business
opportunities
• Institutions do not
fully share those
ambitions (yet)
• Lack of a common
vision and
objectives
2. Creating ambition: the challenge
Source: OECD survey of Polish central government institutions (2014)
Importance of different driving factors for institutions
Average ranking for the central government; 0 = weak; 10 = strong

11. • Focus on creating collective commitment to the OGD agenda
across the public sector and around common objectives
– Complement the existing legal basis with a persuasive vision and
good illustrations of value creation
– Consider developing an action plan with milestones for specific policy
areas (the action plan can be a developed collaboratively)
– Establish baselines for continuous monitoring of efforts
• Identify cross-cutting barriers that challenge further OGD
implementation
– For example interoperability and statistical anonymity
Creating ambition: recommendations to Poland

12. • Use of data for better policy
making exists in some
institutions
• But dispersed and
heterogeneous capacities
across the administration
mean data is not (yet) used as
a strategic asset
• This is related to
heterogeneous levels of
digitisation across the public
sector
3. Creating narrative: the challenge
Source: OECD survey of Polish central government institutions (2014)
Share of Polish central government institutions that
have an official strategy or policy to better use data

13. • Strengthen the governance of OGD
– For example by nominating a Chief Data Officer to support,
coordinate and lead OGD efforts across government
• Establish a task force / unit that is adequately staffed and has
a clear mandate
– Lead development of OGD strategy
– Supervise cross-government implementation
– Foster an eco-system to stimulate OGD re-use
• Promote domestic champions
– Use awards and other means to raise visibility of domestic success
stories
• Promote sharing of experiences and creation of synergies
within and across levels of government
– Sharing of experiences with local government authorities and local
communities
Creating narrative: recommendations to
Poland

14. National peer reviewers and OECD staff showing appreciation for existing
communities of open government data use in Poland…

15. Thank you.
Luiz de Mello @OECDgov
Barbara Ubaldi @BarbaraUbaldi
Arthur Mickoleit @arturelis